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muriel_volestrangler

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15. French soldiers killed in Central African Republic

Tue Dec 10, 2013, 06:45 AM

Dec 2013

Two French soldiers have been killed in combat in the Central African Republic, the French presidency says.

A statement said President Francois Hollande "learned with deep sadness" that the two had been killed overnight in the capital Bangui.

They are the first French deaths since President Hollande deployed 1,600 soldiers to the CAR last week.
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Claude Bartolone, speaker of France's National Assembly, told reporters that the two paratroopers had been involved in a clash near Bangui airport.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25313817

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Many flee in fear to C. African Republic airport [View all] uppityperson Dec 2013 OP

Where do you even start bigworld Dec 2013 #1

Difficult for an underfunded and finite organization to be everywhere... LanternWaste Dec 2013 #3

You're right of course - they have a lot on their plate bigworld Dec 2013 #6

The African Union is going to send in troops, as well as France muriel_volestrangler Dec 2013 #8

Well let's hear it for Captain Wilson. malthaussen Dec 2013 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Dec 2013 #2

Do they have oil? KamaAina Dec 2013 #4

Thanks for posting this, uppityperson. Looks like the force will be 3/4 African, 1/4 French. pampango Dec 2013 #5

Report: Central African death toll up to 280 muriel_volestrangler Dec 2013 #7

big sigh uppityperson Dec 2013 #9

Killin' for my Sky Daddy! FrodosPet Dec 2013 #13

Huge African troop surge to tackle CAR fighting muriel_volestrangler Dec 2013 #11

To get an idea of the problems in CAR, here's a movie I'd recommend Kaleva Dec 2013 #12

There's an interesting snippet here muriel_volestrangler Dec 2013 #14

French soldiers killed in Central African Republic muriel_volestrangler Dec 2013 #15